Pleasure represents a great good but also a grave danger.
Philip YanceyTags: pleasure
the promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to their pursuit, and then the haunting realization that these pleasures ultimately do not satisfy.
Philip YanceyTags: pleasure
As the books of Job, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk clearly show, God has a high threshold of tolerance for what appropriate to say in a prayer. God can "handle" my unsuppressed rage. I may well find that my vindictive feelings need God's correction - but only by taking those feelings to God will I have the opportunity for correction and healing.
Philip YanceyTags: rage prayer healing correction psalm
As a writer, I play with words all day long. I toy with them, listen for their overtones, crack them open, and try to stuff my thoughts inside.
Philip YanceyLike a dying star, grace dissipates in a final burst of pale light, and is then engulfed by the black hole of "ungrace.
Philip YanceyI rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else.
Philip YanceyI have found that living with faith in an unseen world requires constant effort.
Philip YanceyTags: faith
Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for people who live in comfort.
Philip YanceyWhen he lived on earth, [Jesus] surrounded himself with ordinary people who misunderstood him, failed to exercise much spiritual power, and sometimes behaved like churlish schoolchildren.
Philip YanceyHuman beings do not readily admit desperation. When they do, the kingdom of heaven draws near.
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